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The Worcester and Birmingham Canal: Chronicles of the Cut
Alan White
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Description for The Worcester and Birmingham Canal: Chronicles of the Cut
Hardcover. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal when it was authorised by Act of Parliament, to 1815 when it was completed 24 years later. Although intended as a broad canal for barges and having five broad tunnels, it was eventually completed with narrow locks due to financial difficulties. Num Pages: 408 pages, 127 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMT; 1DBKEMW; WGGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 288 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1154.
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal, some thirty miles long, was created from 1791, when it was authorised by Act of Parliament, to 1815 when it was completed 24 years later. Although intended as a broad canal for barges and having five broad tunnels, it was eventually completed with narrow locks due to financial difficulties. From Gas Street Basin at the Birmingham end it passes through the suburbs of Edgbaston, Selly Oak and Kings Norton, then through the long West Hill Tunnel and via Hopwood and Alvechurch through countryside to Tardebigge, all this section being on the Birmingham Level. Then it ... Read more
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal, some thirty miles long, was created from 1791, when it was authorised by Act of Parliament, to 1815 when it was completed 24 years later. Although intended as a broad canal for barges and having five broad tunnels, it was eventually completed with narrow locks due to financial difficulties. From Gas Street Basin at the Birmingham end it passes through the suburbs of Edgbaston, Selly Oak and Kings Norton, then through the long West Hill Tunnel and via Hopwood and Alvechurch through countryside to Tardebigge, all this section being on the Birmingham Level. Then it ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Brewin Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1154g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781858585567
SKU
V9781858585567
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Alan White
The author, the Revd. Alan White, is the Historian of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal Society. He was for many years Chaplain and Head of the Mathematics Department of Bromsgrove School and more recently served as Priest-in-Charge of Tardebigge Parish through which the canal runs. His research into the history of the canal has been undertaken, as time has allowed, ... Read more
Reviews for The Worcester and Birmingham Canal: Chronicles of the Cut
Alan has produced a superb, and beautifully illustrated, definitive history of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. - Chris Daniels, Waterways World. Alan White's book is a very comprehensive account of the canal and has to be regarded as a definitive work. - Stanley Holland, Canals & Rivers.